Chapter 78 - 77

"Shit! Why are you always crying like this?" Gabriel yelled. 

"Cause you are a scary person… and you are not nice," Violet sobbed.

He was caught unawares, why all of a sudden did he find her cute, just as cute as Enzo when he was complaining about Gabriel being mean. And he knew just how to deal with her. 

"Okay, okay, calm down and tell me why are you in this godforsaken place?" he said softly, knowing that this was the only way to coax the answer out of her. Just like Enzo, scaring her would make her clam up more.

After she wiped all her tears, she said, "I need money, and this job pays more than any job I can find in the city."

Oh, so he was right after all. She was just like all the other women who were working here, all they cared about was money.

"Well, if that's the case, then why don't you just sleep with me. I'll pay you..," Violet tried to slap him before he could finish his sentence, but he was always aware, and he was ready. He held her hand and pinned it behind her back.

The light was back in Violet's eyes, and now it was anger that fueled them, "How dare you insult me constantly without knowing the facts? Why do you think so low of me?"

"Then tell me. You need money for new clothes, shoes, bags, makeup? Am I right?" he said, taunting her.

She lowered her eyes, "No... I wish it was for all those things, but it's for my mother's operation. I need a big amount of money, and I need it fast," she explained. 

"I... I tried everywhere else to get a job that would pay a lot, but in this city, only the clubs pay a high salary for being a waitress or a performer," she was pretty and young, so she knew that she could get the waitressing job right away.

"You think I wanted to be here?" she smirked. She wanted to run away as soon as she saw what kind of club it was, but her mother's face flashed before her, so she decided to bite the bullet until she got the amount she needed, then she was going to quit. But after the incident today, who knows if she still has a job.

He came to apologize for what he did earlier but did not think that she was here because of a deeper reason. "Okay, look, I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions," he apologized as he let her hand go and ran his fingers through his hair. How did he manage to do a bad job of knowing this person?

"It's okay. You didn't know," she said, "Just top being annoying and maybe ask me first before you get angry at me."

She told him how frustrated she was that she couldn't do anything for her mother and that this was the only way she could earn that much money, that fast. 

When she had exhausted all her frustrations, she suddenly felt tired, like all her energy had been used up, so she told Gabriel that she needed to go. 

"Thank you again for helping me out. If It wasn't for you who knows where I would be right now," she said.

"Well, I'm sorry again, and the least I could do is drop you off if you would let me," he said apologetically.

"Uhm… sure, I guess, since I don't think the buses are still running right now," she agreed.

While he was watching her get into her house, Gabriel called somebody to get the full details on Violet. He had a good feeling about her, so that night he went home in a very good mood. 

These two people who met by chance and what started with misunderstanding will soon bloom into something beautiful.

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Dimitri was working late again today and as Aurora rode in the car looking forward to getting home and seeing her little angel Enzo, a car crashed into theirs.

For a moment, she was momentarily shocked, not knowing what happened. The other car had pushed theirs onto the curb immobilizing it. 

The driver got out of the car to check what happened but never came back. She could hear angry voices outside, so she got her cell and started dialing Dimitri's number when her door opened, and two men came in to drag her out. One of them covered her mouth with a cloth laden with chloroform. She tried to struggle, but she still inhaled most of it and passed out.

When she came to and opened her eyes, she found herself in a barely furnished room. She was blinded by the white walls when she first opened her eyes and thought maybe she was back at the hospital. 

Looking around, all she saw was the bed she was lying in and a chair right beside it. She tried to get up but still felt very weak. Her goal right now is to let Dimitri know where she is if she could only find her purse, but it was nowhere to be found. 

She was not tied up to the bed, so she decided to get up and try to see if she could get out. Hoping that maybe they left the door unlocked because the only window in the room was too small for her to fit in. 

While she was sitting on the bed, she contemplated who those men were and why they took her. What did they want from her? What will they do to her? She also wondered if they were ever going to come to see her and tell her what they needed.

She was scared, but she couldn't do anything about her situation. Were they related to that doctor that was harassing her? Did she upset any of her patients? Maybe someone's family was taking revenge?

What time was it anyway? She did not know how long she'd been in there, and if Dimitri had already found out about her abduction. Was he searching for her like crazy? He always told her that she might be in danger, but she never heeded his warnings, dismissing him as just another of those jealous and protective husbands.